Hi,

I'm new in this field but I want to try making my own Automated PCB Drill.
I'm going to use 3 stepper motors (x,y,z) and I want to make it as simple as possible.

I searched on the internet but I didn't find any topics that describe or teach how to make it.

Can anyone please guide me so I can do my own Automated PCB Drill?

Thank you

 

Did you search under CNC, homemade CNC, or DIY CNC?

John

 

most of the homemade ones use a dremel or similar craft drill with a relay on the power side to switch on and off.

An old inkjet or dot matrix printer would be great for salvaging stepper motors and the axis slides.

Have a look at the milford instruments website, they already make a 3 axis cnc drill machine but also sell the necessary stepper motors, etc for building them.

 

Hi,

I'm new in this field but I want to try making my own Automated PCB Drill.
I'm going to use 3 stepper motors (x,y,z) and I want to make it as simple as possible.

I searched on the internet but I didn't find any topics that describe or teach how to make it.

Can anyone please guide me so I can do my own Automated PCB Drill?

Thank you

Check this out, this might give you some pointers on how to assemble the mechanics..... http://www.morse-code.com/id18.htm

or you can watch the video here >> http://www.youtube.com/mcscoder#p/u/49/VyEQuATs2JU


My .02

 

A lot of good information here; http://www.cnczone.com/

 

thank you so much guys

1 more question please...
from your experience, which Microcontroller do you think will be the best for the Automated PCB Drill and why?

 

well if you use discrete components to make the stepper motor controllers, you wont need one, but if you are going to use a microcontroller to control the phases of the stepper then any that has sufficient memory and pins would work, in my case I used the pic16F84a just because that is what I had on hand......